DescriptionSize: 4.25-4.75 inches.
Male: red face patch and red on lower flanks.
Female: yellowish-buff face patch; dark olive-green feather bases to mantle and back show through.
Juvenile: duller olive or browner than adult; reddish tinge to flanks, back and edges to wing-coverts and tertials.
Call: generally silent, but has a sharp or high pitched 'chirp' or 'tzeet' and a loose collection of similar notes.
Song: is soft inaudible beyond 3-4 meter and variable consisting mostly of long drawn out notes on a descending sclae followed by a chirp.
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